The Situation of Competitive Clusters in Some EU States

Abstract

A special place in the European regional
development policies is occupied by the study of behaviour in the
field of localising the agglomerations of industrial activities,
which demonstrate their tendency of grouping in space as
clusters such as industrial parks, small or large cities, etc. The
explanations are based on registering some specific scale
economies, known as economies of agglomeration, which have
their origin into: the existence of some supplying companies
specialised for certain goods and services; the existence of a
local labour market; the mobility of information and innovation,
etc. The economies of agglomerations are manifested as internal
economies of scale, the economies of localisation and economies
of urbanisation.